Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362706003678
DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
50 DOGWOOD DR, SMITHTOWN, NY 11787 · (631) 382-4255 · Suffolk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
46 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
68.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 62.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 350 | 13.1% | 62.1% |
| OCEAN AVENUE SCHOOL NORTHPORT | 346 | 12.1% | 69.4% |
| TIMBER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST ISLIP | 370 | 14.1% | N/A |
| SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAYPORT | 318 | 13.8% | 70.8% |
| MANDALAY SCHOOL WANTAGH | 321 | 15.0% | 72.4% |
| GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL CASTLETON | 345 | 15.4% | 66.8% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #669 of 2,335 | #39 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #719 of 2,342 ▲ 142 | #40 of 169 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #627 of 2,343 ▲ 336 | #30 of 169 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #1,673 of 2,585 | #151 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,487 of 2,338 | #133 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #1,792 of 2,388 | #168 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.1% | #2,384 of 2,534 | #175 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #1,125 of 1,757 | #68 of 137 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
350
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 350 | 27.8 | 12.6:1 | 13% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 28.5 | 12.9:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 27.9 | 12.6:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 8% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 32.6 | 11.9:1 | 9% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 39 | 12.3:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 2% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 25 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This page covers DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school in SMITHTOWN, New York. The school reports 350 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 21% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 12 schools: SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 7,437 students.
Federal enrollment data show DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 80% White. The school is also 13% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 66%. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 13%. The gap from the 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County is 26 points.
DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 8.1 points below predicted: 62.1% against 70.2%.
Among Suffolk County residents, the median household income is $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.9 miles away. DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 348; in 2024-25, 350. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.1:1 to 12.6:1.
Discussions about DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EASTHigh · 1,403 students
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WESTHigh · 1,158 students
- GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 750 students
- ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
Other schools in SMITHTOWN
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WESTHigh · 1,158 students
- ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- ACCOMPSETT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 522 students
- SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
- PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 498 students
- MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
Other Dogwood Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Dogwood Elementary. DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 9th largest of the 9.
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolNEW CANEY, TX · 911 students
- Dogwood ElementaryReston, VA · 745 students
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolGermantown, TN · 663 students
- Dogwood ElementaryHeber, CA · 606 students
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARYCAMDENTON, MO · 592 students
Nearby schools
- SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 517
- NESAQUAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 466
- SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST1.1 mi · 1,403
- GREAT HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 750
- MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 479
- SAINT JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 350 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 80% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DOGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SMITHTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Suffolk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.